2019屆高考英語必修單詞和語言點總結復習7
can you recommend me some new books on this subject?
i recommend you to comply with safety regulations.
his proposal has much to recommend it.
i recommended my child to her care.
7. host n 1) a person who receives and entertains one
2) compare of a television programme
v 3) act as host at an event or to a person
yesterday we were hosts to a few friends.
it remains unknown which country will host the international tennis tournament
we attended a dinner party hosted by the president of the company.
a host of friends met him at the railroad station.
8. comfort n 1) state of being free from suffering, pain or anxiety
2) help or kindness
3) give comfort to sb
she longed for the comforts of home.
we could give him no comfort.
it's a comfort to be with you.
they tried to comfort her, but what could they say?
9. substitute n 1) the person or thing that replaces
2) put or use sb as a substitute
is saccharin a good substitute for sugar?
home-made parts are being substituted for imported ones.
only art can substitute for nature.
the new substitute sweetener is made from a wild plant.
10. acadimic 1) adj: of school, colleges
2) n. teacher/students at a university, college
professor watson is leaving the academic world to take a job in industry.
a good historian must have an academic mind.
he has no interest in academic questions.
11. requirement 1) n. thing depend on or needed
2) thing ordered or demanded
food is a requirement of life.
he has filled all requirements for promotion.
12. tutor 1) n private teacher
2) book of instruction in a particular subject esp. music
3) v. act or work as a teacher
his parents employed a tutor to teach him mathematics.
he often tutors a child of his friend’s for an examination.
13. numb. 1) adj. without the power to feel or move
2) v. to make sb/sth numb
my fingers were numb with cold.
he was numbed by his wife's sudden death.
14. acknowledge 1) v. accept, admit